Because it's a movie.
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On 12/27/2020 9:55 AM, Chuck McCown via
AF wrote:
I don’t think of AT&T as a data forensic company.Dominion’s HQs are Denver and Toronto.Pretty sure the NSA & FBI perhaps the secret service would be involved in any voting machine audits.Sounds totally absurd and provocative to me. Why do people want to engender chaos?From: Steve JonesSent: Sunday, December 27, 2020 10:41 AMSubject: Re: [AFMUG] Data center SecurityI just read on facebook that ATT got the contract to audit the dominion voting machines and they were transported to the nashville location for audit.This wasnt a joke meme, this is what people actually believe. There is absolutely nothing absurd about that story.On Sun, Dec 27, 2020, 11:28 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_disbelief
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My sweetie is always commenting on movies when they do something stupid about what they're doing wrong, or asking why they didn't do such and such. My stock answer is "Because it's a movie."
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On 12/27/2020 9:04 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
> I though that although the DC's use rent-a-cops, they were all
> ex-military,
> We-can-have-an-arsenal-here-in-2-minutes-just-like-you-see-in-the-movi
> es rent-a-cops. Because that's the dog and pony show that people
> expect.
>
> Loved the Movie Sneakers, never understood how the normal office
> building full of nerdy engineers had a full battalion of heavily armed
> and trained guards deployed in minutes.
>
> On 12/27/2020 9:52 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>> I remember when there was a rash of datacenter robberies in Chicago,
>> if I remember right they were stealing equipment and employed guns,
>> tasers and sawzalls.
>>
>> https://www.theregister.com/2007/11/02/chicaco_datacenter_breaches/
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Seth Mattinen
>> Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2020 11:01 PM
>> To: af@af.afmug.com
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Data center Security
>>
>> On 12/26/20 9:14 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>>> Then the buildings itself is huge. Like a square mile huge. 100%
>>> poured reinforced concrete. Even if you had a rider truck full of
>>> anfo you would get shot at while driving through the perimeter fence
>>> and then you would just wipe out some administrative offices etc.
>>> Not even get close to where the servers are.
>>
>> I seriously doubt that any datacenter rent-a-cops are going to think
>> they're Judge Dredd and open fire on anyone. They're a dog and pony
>> show. There's literally nothing worth dying for or risking anyone's
>> life to protect at any datacenter. If you misbehave they can kick you
>> out, trespass you, and/or call the real police. Even if you just
>> drive through a gate onto private property what's the worst thing the
>> property owner could try to get your charged for? Destruction of
>> property?
>> Disturbing the peace? Trespassing? Tell you to not come back? Retail
>> loss prevention can't even stop shoplifters anymore due to liability,
>> let alone shoot at them.
>>
>> US Government facility or military installation, sure, different
>> response. But who's gonna set up a hardware heist these days? The
>> real threat profile is trying to break in and steal data
>> electronically rather than physical. And you don't even need to
>> directly attack the government to do that; just find a soft spot at a
>> software vendor they use (i.e. Solarwinds).
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